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Parabol
Parabol is in E major at 79.8 beats per minute.
Tempo
80 BPM · Andantemedian of 129 analyses · 79.5–80 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- E major4 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 90%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 129people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 751.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 440.5Hz · +2 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.45dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.159Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 0.891Essentia's danceability, 0–3
Source: AcousticBrainz, dump of 2022-06-23 (CC0) · MusicBrainz core data, 2026-09-17 (CC0) · how each number is measured. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.
What the numbers say
129 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 90% — put it in E major, a key signature of 4 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 129 readings; 95% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 79.8 BPM one beat lasts 751.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 188 ms and a dotted eighth 563.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 39.9 BPM, counted twice as fast 159.6. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 440.5 Hz, which is 2 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.
The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 3.45 dB: that is how far the level wanders from its own average, so a small number means a loud, flat master and a large one means a recording that still breathes. Its average loudness is 0.159 on Essentia's 0-to-1 scale, which is not decibels and is not comparable to a streaming service's number.
10 other recordings here are in E major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.
Beats per bar are not in this dataset. AcousticBrainz's analysis reports a tempo, a key and a loudness, and no time signature at all, so this page does not print one — a 4/4 here would be a guess dressed as a measurement.
Keys that fit with E major
Each of these differs from E major by at most one accidental, or shares its tonic. That is the whole of what a mixing wheel encodes; here the relations are named instead of numbered.
Delay times at 80 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 3007.5 | 0.33 |
| Half note | 2 | 1503.8 | 0.66 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1127.8 | 0.89 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 751.9 | 1.33 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 501.3 | 2 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 563.9 | 1.77 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 375.9 | 2.66 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 250.6 | 3.99 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 282 | 3.55 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 188 | 5.32 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 125.3 | 7.98 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 94 | 10.64 |
Half time 39.9 BPM · double time 159.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (751.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Good Ass IntroChance the Rapper feat. BJ the Chicago Kid, Lili K., Kiara Lanier, Peter Cottontale, Will for The O'mys & JP Floyd for Kids These DaysE major80BPM
- I’m a BelieverNeil DiamondE major80BPM
- We Can’t StopMiley CyrusE major80BPM
- ThankyouDidoE major80BPM
- 4 Leaf CloverErykah BaduE major80BPM
- Brothers in ArmsDire StraitsE major79BPM
- Art DecadeDavid BowieE major78BPM
- ShiverColdplayE major78BPM
- Up All NightDrake feat. Nicki MinajE major78BPM
- Take a BowRihannaE major82BPM
Recordings in E major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 80 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in E majorAll songs at 80 BPME major at 70–79 BPMTool
MusicBrainz collapses 28 recording ids into this one. Recording id 5128c310-6d92-4e96-9dc3-5defec033a51.